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| United States Patent |
5,009,348
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Derkatz
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April 23, 1991
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Knife sheath of tough flexible material
Abstract
A knife sheath of tough flexible material, comprises a back wall, a front
wall attached at its periphery to said back wall to form a knife-receiving
pouch, and a pair of laterally spaced slits in said front wall for
receiving a wearer's belt, said slits being offset in the longitudinal
direction, whereby when the wearer's belt is passed through said offset
slits said pouch sits at a forward angle on the wearer's belt and snugly
located on the wearer's hip and tucked in the belt.
| Inventors:
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Derkatz; Keith (P.O. Box 1118, Stn. "A", Kelowna, B.C., CA)
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| Appl. No.:
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462802 |
| Filed:
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January 10, 1990 |
| Current U.S. Class: |
224/232; 224/240; 224/673 |
| Intern'l Class: |
B26B 029/02 |
| Field of Search: |
224/232,253,240,224,226,228,991
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References Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
| 127104 | May., 1872 | Rice | 224/232.
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| 1898171 | Feb., 1933 | Bunnell | 224/253.
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| 3731858 | May., 1973 | Baker | 224/911.
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| 4253593 | Mar., 1981 | Pattermann | 224/232.
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| 4759483 | Jul., 1988 | Willoughby | 224/232.
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| Foreign Patent Documents |
| 1208702 | Feb., 1960 | FR | 224/232.
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| 2063647 | Jun., 1981 | GB | 224/224.
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Primary Examiner: Sholl; Linda J.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott
Claims
I claim:
1. A knife sheath of tough flexible material, comprising a back wall, a
front wall attached at its periphery to said back wall to form a
knife-receiving pouch, and a pair of laterally spaced slits in said front
wall of said knife-receiving pouch for receiving a wearer's belt that
passes through said pouch between the front and back walls thereof, said
slits being offset in the longitudinal direction, whereby when the
wearer's belt is passed through said offset slits, said pouch sits at a
forward angle on the wearer's belt, snugly located on the wearer's hip and
tucked in the belt.
2. A knife sheath as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a folded
closure flap extending from said back wall and attachable to said front
wall to close said pouch.
3. A knife sheath as claimed in claim 2, wherein the top of the pouch has a
shoulder, which on the back wall merges through a neck region into the
folded flap, and on the front wall meets a top straight edge angled so
that when the sheath is located on the wearer's belt the top edge is
substantially horizontal.
4. A knife sheath as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pouch has straight
parallel sides leading to a lower portion with sides tapering to a
smoothly curved convex apex.
5. A knife sheath as claimed in claim 1, wherein said tough flexible
material is leather.
6. A knife sheath as claimed in claim 1 wherein said tough flexible
material is ballistic nylon.
Description
This invention relates a knife sheath of tough flexible material, such as
leather.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Sportsmen often have a need to carrying a sporting knife, either of the
fixed blade or folding blade type, and for this purpose it is convenient
to carry the knife in some kind of sheath, from which it is quickly
accessible. Conventional sheaths have a pair of parallel slits in the back
wall of a pouch for the knife through which a belt can be passed. Such
sheaths suffer from the disadvantage that they tend to ride along the belt
into an awkward an uncomfortable position and generally flop around, and
furthermore the angle of the sheath is such that the knife cannot be
conveniently and comfortably accessed, the user often having to put his
arm into an awkward position to remove the knife. Some sportsman have
adopted the habit of tucking the knife into their belt, but such a
practice is dangerous for a fixed-blade knife, and inconvenient because
the knife will often fall out.
An object of the invention is to provide a knife sheath which alleviates
the aforementioned disadvantages of the prior art.
SUMMARY OF INVENTION
According to the present invention there is provided a knife sheath of
tough flexible material, comprising a back wall, a front wall attached at
its periphery to said back wall to form a knife-receiving pouch, and a
pair of laterally spaced front wall for receiving a wearer's belt, said
slits being offset in the longitudinal direction, whereby when the
wearer's belt is passed through said offset slits said pouch sits at a
forward angle on the wearer's belt and snugly located on the wearer's hip
and tucked in the belt. The offset slits in the front wall of the pouch
ensure that the pouch sits snugly within the wearer's belt at a convenient
angle for comfortable and rapid access.
The pouch is preferably closed a flap folded over from the back wall and
secured by a press-stud fastener. The entire sheath can be made of tough
leather or other suitable synthetic material.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
The invention will now be described in more detail, by way of example only,
with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a knife sheath according to one embodiment of the
invention;
FIG. 2 is a side view of the knife sheath shown in FIG. 1; and
FIG. 3 is a view of the knife sheath located on a belt.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
The knife sheath shown in the drawings is made of tough leather and
comprises a back wall 1 and front wall 2, each having straight parallel
sides tapering at a lower portion to a smoothly curved convex apex 3 at
the bottom. The sides and bottom are stitched together along their
periphery by tough stitching (not shown) so that the front and back walls
form a knife-receiving pouch, which contains a folding hunting knife 11,
shown in dotted outline.
The back wall 1 and front wall 2 have a shoulder 9. In the case of the back
wall this merges into a neck portion 10, which extends into a flap 4
folded over the top of the front wall 2 to provide a closure for the pouch
and retain the knife 11 safely therein. The front wall 2 has a straight
top edge 12 angled at the same angle as the offset of the slits, so that
when the sheath is located on the belt with the belt passing through the
slits 7,7' the top edge 12 is approximately horizontal.
A press-stud fastener 5 co-operates with a corresponding stud 6 inserted in
the front wall to securely hold the closure flap 4 in the closed position.
The front wall 2 has a pair of laterally spaced belt-receiving slits 7,7',
which are offset in the longitudinal direction. In use the wearer passes
his belt through the slits so that the knife sheath is securely located
thereon.
As shown in FIG. 3, when the knife sheath is placed on the belt 8, due to
the longitudinal offset in the slits it sits at a forwardly facing angle,
giving the wearer convenient access to opening flap 4 and knife 11
contained within the pouch. The fact that the belt passes through the
front wall 2 of the belt causes the sheath to be tucked in the belt
securely located on the wearer's hip in a comfortable location. The sheath
has a comfortable feel similar to that experienced by sportsmen who tuck
the knife directly into their belt, but without the attendant
disadvantages and dangers of this practice.
The sheath can be made in different sizes, and as shown in dotted outline
at 3', the whole pouch can be made deeper for longer knives.
The knife sheath can be made without a closure flap for fixed blade hunting
knives.
The sheath can be made of ballistic nylon, Kevlar.TM., or molded leather.
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